Buoyant seat or couch.



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lsuf'o'YAN-r SEAT on coucH.

snnclnrcaron'ffming part Vo'f Letters Patent Nn. 723,647, daten March 2,14, 1903.

Application filed May 14,1902. -Serial No. 107,301. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it nfl/ty Eon/cern,.-

Be it known that LfHoRAou-S. CARLEY, a resident of Hydepark, Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Buoyant Seat or Couch, which invention is fully set forth lin the following specification.

According to my present invention I utili'ze 'collapsible life boats of the character shown in my Patent No. 627,979, dated July 4, 1900, in the construction of seats or couches for use on shipboard, at wharves or docks, and at other places Where it is desirable to have such life-boats. readily accessible for immediate use. In this manner I provideA an attractive coverand protection to thelife-boat and at the same time utilize to advantage the space occupied thereby. Furthermore,byem ploying in the construction of the seat or couch a removable pad or cushion constructed of buoyant material I provide an additional means which may be thrown overboard and held onto by personsi n the water to save themselves from drowning.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings,Y

Fig. 3 is anunder-side detail view of part of.

the frame to which Athe cushion is attached, and'Fig. 4.- is a bottom plan view of said frame.

A is the annular'riioat of a collapsible lifeboat such as described in my patent aforesaid. I have not shown in the drawings the bottom, which in its collapsed condition occupies the space within the annular float. Upon float A rests a frame, preferably of elliptical outline corresponding to the shape of the float, consisting of an elliptical rim b, a longitudinal Slat or bar c, secured at its ends to the rim, and transverse slats or bars d,se cured at their ends to the rim and at their middle to the slat oy which they cross.

e is wire-netting, preferably galvanized, tightly stretched and secured to the rim and slats by tacks or otherwise. Two cleats fare v secured to the under side of each of the transverse slats cl and the longitudinal slat c, in such position as to engage the inner wall of the annular float and prevent longitudinal or lateral movement of the frame on the lioat. A

. rope g, laced through openings in cleats f, may be gripped lby persons desiring to hold to the buoyant cushion or pad when the same is floating upside down in the water.

H is a cushion or pad lled with buoyant material h, such as granulated cork, and having a depending flap k around its edge,wher e by lthe cushion is secured to.. the frame by .tacks or otherwise. Threads or wires Z, looped through the cushion and wire-netting e and secured at theirY upper ends to buttons fm, serve to npholster the cushion and as an additional means of securely attaching it to the frame. An outer covering n over'the seat and having a depending hood or `curtain reaching to the floor or deck on which the ioat rests completely covers the whole and gives it the appearance of a couch or lounge. Covering n is preferably loose, quickly removable, and made of waterproofing fabric. As will be understood, in case it is desired at any time to use the life-boat the seat part may be readily removed by simply lifting or throwing it aside. If desirable, the seat part may be thrown overboard: and afford additional means for saving people from drowning.

What I claim isvl. A seat or couch consisting of a life-boat Ahaving a continuous iioat of annular or simi-I lar form, a frame removably resting upon said' float., and a pad or cushion restingupon said frame.

2. A seat or couchcon'sisting of a life-boat .having a continuons float of annular or similar form, and a buoyant pa'd or cushion removably supported by said float.

3. A seat or couch consisting of a life-boat having a continuous float of annular or similar form, a frame removably resting upon the float, and a pad or cushion secured to and resting upon the frame.

4; A seat or couch consisting of a life-boat having acontinuous float of annular or simi. lar form, a frame removably resting upon the float and composed in part of a stretched wirenetting, and a pad or cushion resting upon the frame and secured thereto by bindings laced through the wire-netting.

5. A seat or couch consisting of a life-boat having a continuous float of annular or similar form, a frame removably resting upon the float and composed in part of a stretched Wirenetting, and a pad or cushion resting upon the frame and upholstered and secured to the frame by bindings passing through said pad or cushion and through the wire-netting.

6. A seat or couch consisting ofa life-boat having a continuous float of annular or similar form, a pad or cushion supported by the oat, and a covering over the pad or cushion and depending about the float.

7. A seat er couch consisting of a life-boat having a continuous oat of annular or similar form, a frame removably resting upon the float, a pad or cushion resting upon and secured to the frame, and cleats or projections on the frame preventing lateral or longitudinalmovement thereof on the oat.

8. A seat or couch consisting of a life-boat HORACE S. CARLEY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES LEWIS, GEORGE W. CHAPMAN. 

